Floor waxer



June 23, 1953 M RAY 2,642,605

FLOOR wAxER Filed NOV. 2l 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 23, 1953 M RAY2,642,605

FLOOR WAXER Filed Nov. 21,l 1949 2 sheets-sheet 2 /VfiJo/e Enr PatentedJune 23, 1953 UNITED .STAT-Es eA'TENTc: oFF1cE;- 2,642,605 -1 I l FLOORWAXER Major Ray, Wellston, Mo. Application Nvembr 21', 1949, semina.l128,647

2 claims. (01.15-131) My invention relates to floor wavers for spreadingself polishing liquid wax. An object of the invention is to provide afloor waxer using self polishing liquid wax for the easy spreading von aoorrby exible absorbent cotton wax spreader cords.

A further object of the invention is to provide a floor waxer that maybe quickly and conveniently disassembled for cleaning, or vfor,replacing Worn, or defective parts.

A further obj ect is to provide a floor waxer having a slideway bodyprovided with a detachable liquid wax container provided with a wax flowcontrol valve.

A further object of the invention is to provide a floor waXer having aslideway body provided with a removable cotton cord supporting head.

A further objectief the inventionis to provide a floor waxer providedwith an endless cushion member to prevent marringV furniture when cominginto contact therewith. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a floor waxer wit-h adetachable handle for operating the waxer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a floor waxer having aslideway body with .opposed polishing elements useable when the cottonwax spreader cords supporting head is detached from the slideway body. l

Other objects and .advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

`In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, andin which like characters of reference denote similar parts throughoutthe severalV views: j

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a floor waxer embodying the features of myinvention.

Figf2 is a view of the floor waxer showing the same partly in sectionalelevation and partly 1n front elevation. y

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation of the floor WaXer.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the plate for supporting the waxspreading means. l

Fig. 5 is a, fragmentary view of the flex1ble absorbent wax spreader.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration only, is showna preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral I I designates,

generally, a waxer body member which is preferably in the form of aplate having curved, or convexed end edges I2. The front and rear edgeportions of the plate I I terminate in downwardly projecting anges I3,each of which terminates 2 at its'lower yedge in an inwardlyprojectinghorizontally disposed flange Ill to provide a channeledslideway and guideto removably receive awax spreader cord scribed.

The plate II is provided adjacent-each end edge with flexibly resilientupstanding pressupporting head hereinafter devsure earsl I5 havingbeadedportions IEkfor snapping over endanges I'I at the head ends of a liquidwax container I8 adapted to be removably seated on the body member, orplate II. An ear, or stop I9 may, be carried by the plate II tofrictionally embrace the front andl black walls i of the container I8 toassist the ears I5 in preventing displacement of the container IB uponthe plate II, yetr rendering the container readily removableffrom'l thebody member I I for `cleaning, or replacement.

The liquid wax container vI8 may Iloe provided with a suitable fillingneck 20 on the topr thereof and may be closed by a suitable closure'capv12|. The. plate II may also be provided with '.opposedv upstanding earsII to'whichv the .ends of a bail member V22 are hingedly connected. Asuitable socket 22 -adaptedto receive adetachable operating handle 23 issecured to thebail .member 22. -.While I have shown the 'socketl asattached to the bail member 2 2, it may be attached Ato the body memberIIg'if so desired. The container is. provided with aliquid wax controlvalve consisting of a tubular valvebody A2li having a wallopening 25.The valve body runs vertically throughthe container I8 and the body isopen at` itslower end. The valve body preferably projects beyond theouter wall'of the container instead of stopping `flush therewith.

tubularl valve, ster'rl126 having a wall' opening 2i has a telescopicfand rotary slip ft within the valve body. When the valve is open, thewall openings are in register, and, when the valve is closed, the wallopenings are out of register, When the valve is open, the liquid waxflows from the lower open end of the valve stem 26'. I

The oor waxer also embodies a liquid Wax spreader which consists of a,plate like headportion 28 having spaced downturned curved fingers 2B atthe front and back edges thereof which are more, or lessexibly resilientand are provided with protuberances 30 on their inner faces Y adjacentthe free ends thereof. The plate 28 is adapted to be detachably,frictionally and slidably supported by the fingers 29 vin the'v flangesI3 on the plate II. The spreader head member, or plate 28 isl insertableand removable from forcing means in a stretched position between thefingers 29. Soft absorbent cotton cords 34 are suitably attached, asface fabric body 32.

able length to effectively spread lid'iiiii disa charged from thecontainer I8, as the waxer is moved back and forth over a noor by thhandle i 2 3. The plate p2 8 ,may bekeasily reinoved from th liilr'iy'titte il from either orlo thtroofhfttr fhgv liquid was tohttiner hashtohrohiovoo.

'iiiio lower fates or 'the horizontally disposed ihwa'riliy projectingiihhges i4 on the plate Ail may be provided with polishing elements 35,sutil, for ijhjs'tgahct, afs f 'eit 'st-ips, iaihpsvvool, or the like.which may he hjrougiitihto use for polisl'iifig 'purposes when thtiiqiiia wax spreader lladfiaving th cotton cords "34 is 'rnvd fromtilt-hitters.

'rho skirt flanges "it may have suitably attached thereto an endlessrubber cushion meinttr at 'shrroiihrlihgthe tout member to pre- 'venthiarrin'g furniture should the Waker come ihtgtontatt therewith.

The rna'ny advantages 'of vthe hereind'es'crib'ed 'invention will'readily suggest themselves 'to those skilled in the art vto which'itap'lqta'ins.

it 'is to he understood that thel form of my invntin, herein :shown anddescribed, is to be ttl'zth o s o proiettori example of tho sono, and'that various jo'iiohgs ih the shape, site and arrhiijgjshriit of theseveral 'parts he; resorted olii-departing from thisy pirit ofihventifonpr the sc pe A'of the lappended claims.

what; c ioiihis: Y i. Vifi a iioolvvoter having jo. liquid tvs italhtrhaving flanges h t theejhdsthorto' sho o ortihg plate tirore'ror, solohisto -hovihg o contrai opening ohiijth'e iront tho took odge portionsthereof-curveueowhwaroiy aha inwardly to pfi'ffde spaced gtrideiivfaysopen at the ends supporting'hettd-iiavihgfochtral otter-1 ii'cifoacedfiiig'rjstiohg, arrosto tenths vidtu Vwith yiindrieoi 'edges embracedbythe by stitching, to thelower The cords may be of sui'tspaced lingersto hold the fabric body in a stretchedk position between the spacedlingers, wax spreading cords secured to the fabric body, ears carried bythe plate upon which the front and back walls of the container rest,flexibly resilient ears on the plate for snap-on engagement with the endllanges of the container, and a valve for controlling the discharge ofliquid wax from the containertothe spreader cords and the lower end oftlievalve projecting below the lower Wall of the container and servingas a pilot to enter the central plate and supporting head openings.

f2; -In a device of the character described having, in combination, aplate having a central opening and having convexed end edges and havingopposed -guidevvays at the front and back sides thereof, a wax spreadersupporting head having a central opening and having spaced fingers onopposed edges thereof 'removably mounted in the opposed guideways andthe Supporting head vslidably `embracing the lower face of the plate, a.liquid wax spreader having 'a fabric body provided with wax spreadingycords and having opposed reinforced edges engageable with the spacedfingers on the supporting head to hold 'the fabric body in'avstretche'dposition between the spaced lingers, o, li'quldwaiz container havingilanges at the head ends thereof, stop members carried by the plate toembracenand support the container, 'flexibly resilient ears havingbeaded portions upstanding/ on the plate for snapping over the containera'ng'es for removably seating 'the oontainer on the stop members, atubular valve vbody secured to v'and passing through the container andhaving an outlet opening 'to 'the interior of the container andreceivable' at its lower end .in the central 'oi'ieriiii'gs in the plateand the supporting head, and 'a valve stem having a ldischarge openingadapted 17o be l'ilved to register with the valve bodyopning 'for'feeding liquid Wai( to the Wa Spreading "C'd's.

MAJOR RAY.

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